Revitalize your story time with our immersive workshop. Dive into the essential pre-literacy skills crucial for a child's readiness to read. This hands-on workshop promises to equip you with innovative approaches to infuse playful learning seamlessly into your story time sessions. Explore the enriching landscape of literacy through an overview of ALA’s "Every Child Ready to Read" program. Join us in creating captivating and effective story times that lay the foundation for a lifelong love of reading in young minds. Don't miss out on this opportunity to make your story time an engaging and educational adventure!

Presenter: Amber Holley has worked with Jacksonville Public Library since 2004 all around the city in libraries both large and small, urban and suburban. She has worked as a teen librarian, children’s librarian, and a branch manager. She is currently the Director, Library Learning and Outreach. Amber has been presenting training to other librarians since 2007. She has a B.A. from New College of Florida, a M.L.I.S. from University of South Florida, and is a graduate of the Sunshine State Library Leadership Institute.

Presenter: Elizabeth McConney has been providing art programming at libraries and schools in northeast Florida since 2005. With a B.A. in Visual Arts from New College of Florida, Elizabeth is a studio artist who works by commission. She is currently a Literacy Content Specialist for the Lastinger Center at the University of Florida College of Education.

Location: W.T. Bland Public Library,1995 N. Donnelly St., Mount Dora, FL 32757

Lunch will be on your own, a lunch sugestions list is attached.